Inge Schiöler
Inge Schioler (1908–71) was born in Strömstad, he had something of a comet career. At the age of eighteen he was accepted as a student at Valands Konstskola, and during and after his education he made several trips abroad, including to Paris and various parts of Spain. Schiöler suffered from mental illness in 1933 at the age of twenty-five. After nine years in hospital he began drawing and painting again, but it was not until 1960 that he was discharged. He then settled in Sydkoster in Bohuslän, where he depicted the rocks and the sea with energetic brushwork and brilliant, powerful colours. Schiöler can also be seen as a link between the art of colour in Gothenburg and its counterpart in Stockholm; even before his illness he went there frequently, but also towards the end of his life. The contact between both of these colourful sides of Sweden was enriching for Schiöler, the colours from Gothenburg and the socially committed people from Stockholm, such as Albin Amelin & Sven X:et Erixson. He painted with a joyful nerve and a sensual sense of color, where the contrast between warm and cold colors gave an outstanding effect.
